Geeks On The Way Scarborough

Hello Aubrey Fest!As summer gets even closer my mind is wandering a bit to camping, BBQ's, parks, and unplugging here and there to get out with the family. I always like to keep tabs on what's going on though, so you'll never see me without my trusty smartphone by my side. Whatever flavour Blackberry you have, an Android powered HTC or Moto Droid, or an iPhone, the app makers are working hard to keep you connected while you're out there. This month, we're going to take a look at some ways to manage your facebook and twitter accounts, your mobile instant messaging, and your photo albums, professionally and socially while you're out there enjoying all that summer has to offer.There aren't many phones these days that come without a camera and if you're like me, I usually have a digital camera out there, but sometimes for that quick spur of the moment shot, it's nice to be able to yank out the phone and take a quick shot of something. But what then? Wait until you get it home, sync with your PC and then email it out? Why not Flickr it? Flickr is your online photo album that will allow you to take a pic, email it to a custom flickr email address right from your phone, and then it will show up in your album for anyone who you want to be able to see it. It's really quite cool to be able to have friends, co-workers and family be insanely jealous when they can see your flickr account with pictures of you by the pool, at the limbo contest, or catching that huge fish in the middle of a sparkling lake. Go to http://flickr.com to get set up, and click here for info on getting your mobile set up to send pics; http://www.flickr.com/tools/mobileFacebook is still the juggernaut of social networking. Android, Blackberry, and iPhone users have their own clients dedicated to facebook, and most other phones have social networking apps and browsers to let you see your profile and the common wall. You can set these apps to notify you via your phones' "push" capability (meaning it will let you know the second your wall and friends' walls are updated) or will connect and get all updates at ones at time soy specify (saves data and battery life). http://www.getjar.com/mobile/15801/facebook-mobile/ is a GREAT place to get started, and if your phone is not supported there, Google "mobile facebook for (your phone's make and model)" and you will get shown what clients you can get for free.Twitter is a great way to update people on what's going on with your vacation (if you aren't TOTALLY unplugging). Who doesn't want to hear 140 character at a time of "spent yesterday @ the beach while u went over TPS reports in the office. Am now drinking pina colada's by the pool. l8r chump!" There are SO many twitter apps out there for mobile phones that I can't even show them all to you. For Blackberry? http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/8160 is the de-facto standard. Fast and free (always good). For iphone? You need tweetie. Get it at http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/ and for android powered phones, you need Seesmic. I use this one myself on my Nexus One, and I have yet to find a better twitter client for Android phones. It's free and very easy to use. Get it here: http://seesmic.com/seesmic_mobile/android/For instant message clients, it's hard to beat eBuddy. It's available for most platforms including PSP and Nintendo DS Lite and almost every mobile phone in existence. It can connect to Yahoo, AOL, MSN, Gadu, google, Trillian, and pretty much ever other chat client out there. If you want to be able to IM people while you're mobile, this is the way to do it. There's even a web based version you can sign into from an internet cafe or hotel computer if you're not taking your laptop or phone with you! 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